Accountants are a top target for cyber criminals due to the sensitive financial data they handle, warns Szilveszter Szebeni, chief data and compliance officer at Tresorit

Morgan Davies, director at Prime Accountants Group, looks at the pros and cons of artificial intelligence in the accountancy sector

Artificial intelligence offers the chance to automate boring, repetitive accounting tasks and redefine the role of tax advisers and accountants, says Russell Gammon, chief solutions officer at Tax Systems

PwC has signed an alliance with OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, and artificial intelligence legal experts Harvey, to develop AI research tools for tax, legal and HR services

Grant Thornton has created a generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform, GTAssist, to help staff access the latest processes and procedures

Artificial intelligence will not do away with the need for accountants, but will it lead to a bold redefinition of their roles, argues Kyle Wilkinson, strategic industry advisor at Workday

Finance chiefs need to balance the advantages of using artificial intelligence to manage financial processes with the risk of inaccuracies and misuse of data, warns Gartner

Thousands of HMRC staff are continuing to work remotely despite productivity concerns, with some even not going into the office at all, according to new figures

The co-founder of the fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme, OneCoin, has been handed 20 years behind bars for his involvement in marketing the $4bn scam worldwide

Investing in technology should improve productivity and create a more collaborative company culture so advance planning to avoid potential pitfalls is critical, says Chris Smith, managing director of PKF Smith Cooper Systems

Accountancy firms spent almost four times as much implementing artificial intelligence (AI) in the past year as law firms with the likelihood jobs will be affected in the future